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EVOLUTION #1 - Converse and Real Groovy RIPPPP into summer!!
REAL GROOVY RECORDS, 438 Queen Street, Auckland
From midday, Saturday 3rd November, 2012
Doors open 9am - Running schedule at bottom of page
What better way to celebrate music in all its forms than music on top of music?
Real Groovy will be ALIVE with the sounds of very loud, very live music on Saturday the 3rd of November with some of the wildest, rawest live talent in Auckland (and out of town) who will rip your decals off. Rackets! Delaney Davidson! Heart Attack Alley! Beach Pigs! Sal Valentine & The Babyshakes! Grrlfriends! Tiny Ruins! The Mantarays! Thee Rum Coves! The Rubens! The banging action starts at 12.30 pm.
Earlier in the day Real Groovy will go Toy Love crazy with a double LP, a DVD collection and a free seven inch - more about that here but continuing the Toy ‘Lust’ each band will pay their tributes to Toy Love by performing Toy Love material in their sets. . . 95bFM will be broadcasting live in-store from 8am, and DJs of the finest calibre will be spinning all-vinyl sets all day. AND there will be giveaways – lots of em!
The instant hit of the download or a stream of a live show from somewhere far-flung is all very well. But what music fans still really crave is the tangible and the authentic and we’re not just talking about some YOLO or FOMO bullshit. The resurgence against all the odds of that 'obsolete' format - the vinyl record - is proof positive that 'keeping it real' is not just some marketeers slogan. That vinyl has become such a touchstone of the new generation of fans and crate-diggers alike shows that some things are just too good to be allowed to fade away.
Similarly, the live show is still here and possibly more vital than ever. You know those people who say things like 'Oh the book was WAY better than the film' as if they have some kind of superior cultural insight? Those people are dicks, but they are on to something - the live show is ALWAYS superior to the recorded version. The raw, unmediated nature of live music - the possibility that anything can happen right in front of your eyes (and ears) is irreplaceable.
So to mix the live experience with record hunting ... Converse and Real Groovy call up ....
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